Kolkata St Thomas School hostel to be converted turn into law college

Over 200 year old St Thomas School, Kidderpore's hostel in Kolkata to transform into a law college.

St Thomas School, Kidderpore on Diamond Harbour Road in Kolkata is known for its rich history of admitting British day scholars. The school has a 232-year-old hostel which is all set to turn into a law college.

The sprawling heritage hostel had housed generations of students mostly underprivileged and Anglo Indians.

The no-objection certificate for the law college is being awaited and the college will be affiliated with the Calcutta University. The initial investigation of the hostel is already completed.

The school is run by the Kolkata diocese of the Church of North India (CNI). The school administration decided to change the utility of the building. The hostel students will be shifted to the Elizabeth hostel (girls) and Oxford Mission hostel (boys) in Behala. While online classes are going on, they will be shifted to Bahala but they will continue to remain the students of the school and once the school reopens, they will be brought to the campus.

TOI quoted the secretary of the Diocese and principal of the school, John Ghosh, "Once upon a time, the sprawling hostel used to be teeming with boarders. Times have changed now and we are left with very few children, whom we are supporting. Most of them are from Anglo Indian backgrounds. The building was mostly vacant and there was no point wasting such premium space. So, the Diocese decided to convert it into a law college."

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